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On this day: Irish girl arrives in New York

15/07/2019 nsford Leave a comment

15th July 1850. Bridget Cannon arrived in New York. She was 10 years old. An Irish emigrant, she had voyaged…

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Posted in: Writing Filed under: humans, research, resources, writing

N S Ford’s Information Superhighway: British Council Literature – Writers Directory

02/07/2019 nsford Leave a comment

Do you love writers? Then check out this resource! From Leila Aboulela to Benjamin Zephaniah, this is an A-Z directory…

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Posted in: Random Filed under: libraries, reading, research, resources, writers

On this day: Norris marries her English man

10/06/2019 nsford 2 Comments

10th June 1793. Norris Scully married William English in the Parish of St Marylebone, Westminster. Norris made an ‘x’ in…

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Posted in: Writing Filed under: history, humans, research, resources, writing

N S Ford’s Information Superhighway: Currency converter 1270 – 2017

05/06/2019 nsford 2 Comments

Find out what old British money is worth today with this addictive resource from the National Archives. You just need…

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Posted in: Random Filed under: information, libraries, research, resources

Ordinary people of the past – this is for you

03/06/2019 nsford 9 Comments

On this day in history, billions of events occurred. Some of these turned out to be important in the grand…

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Posted in: Writing Filed under: blogging, history, humans, research, resources, writing

N S Ford’s Information Superhighway: Museum of Obsolete Media

03/05/2019 nsford 5 Comments

Betamax, 8-Track, Wire Recording, Soundmirror Tape, HitClips, Wax Cylinders…  Curated by Jason Curtis (a medical librarian by profession), the Museum…

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N S Ford’s Information Superhighway: British Library Online Exhibitions

03/04/2019 nsford 3 Comments

Can’t get to the British Library in person? No worries – you can view exhibitions online for free! Including the…

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N S Ford’s Information Superhighway: ‘OZ magazine’

03/03/2019 nsford 2 Comments

I used to be a librarian and I still have the urge to point out awesome free resources to people.…

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